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--- technical:flightradar24 [2025/01/29 01:11] – [Initial PI setup] mark_scottworld.net
+++ technical:flightradar24 [2025/01/29 01:21] (current) – [Reboot] mark_scottworld.net
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   sudo apt dist-upgrade
   sudo reboot
+The next step is to install the V4 Debian Drivers for the SDR-Blog VR USB Dongle
-sudo systemctl restart fr24feed
+==== Purge the previous driver: ====
+You must run this as a user, not as root, (only sudo on the commands specified below.)
+  sudo apt purge ^librtlsdr
+  sudo rm -rvf /usr/lib/librtlsdr* /usr/include/rtl-sdr* /usr/local/lib/librtlsdr* /usr/local/include/rtl-sdr*
+  /usr/local/include/rtl_* /usr/local/bin/rtl_*
+==== Install the RTL-SDR Blog drivers: ====
+  sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0-0-dev git cmake pkg-config
+  mkdir /opt/sdr
+  cd /opt/sdr
+  git clone https://github.com/rtlsdrblog/rtl-sdr-blog
+  cd rtl-sdr-blog
+  mkdir build
+  cd build
+  cmake ../ -DINSTALL_UDEV_RULES=ON
+  make
+  sudo make install
+  sudo cp ../rtl-sdr.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/
+  sudo ldconfig
+==== Blacklist the DVB-T TV drivers. ====
+  echo 'blacklist dvb_usb_rtl28xxu' | sudo tee --append /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-dvb_usb_rtl28xxu.conf
+==== Reboot ====
+  sudo reboot
+==== Set up the fr24 feeder software ====
+  sudo wget -qO- https://fr24.com/install.sh | sudo bash -s
+This will run the script and start the setup questions.
+After you have answered these, you will need to run this command to allow the new fr24 user access to the USB dongle, otherwise you will get errors in the log and no data.
+  adduser fr24 plugdev
+sudo systemctl restart fr24feed
 fr24feed-status
-adduser fr24 plugdev
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